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A Client Liked Its Agency So Much It Bought a Piece of It
Television

A Client Liked Its Agency So Much It Bought a Piece of It

The traditional boundaries between agency and client have always been somewhat porous — account executives become brand managers, marketing directors become agency partners, and the occasional retainer dispute has been known to end a relationship faster than a creative differences clause. But outright equity investment from client to agency remains unusual enough to merit attention. Moburst, a digital marketing agency based

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Publicis Buys the Pipes
Television

Publicis Buys the Pipes

In the advertising business, there is an old principle that the company controlling the plumbing tends to set the water rates. Publicis Groupe appears to